Programme
Be part of the programme and submit an abstract before 29 March 2012. HERE
Connecting for Global Impact
The theme for the 2012 UICC World Cancer Congress is Connecting for Global Impact – and highlights the need for continued support and momentum in translating the benefits of knowledge gained through research and practice to those living with and affected by cancer.
UICC believes this can be achieved through global actions, which will result through connections and partnerships made through the international cancer control community at the Congress.
To increase connections, as well as learning and interactions, the 2012 meeting will focus on providing education and training opportunities throughout the programme including interactive meetings, forums, workshops and sessions. The preliminary programme is now available for download below.
Together we can save millions of lives by focusing on what needs to be done and taking the lead in:
• Putting cancer on the global health agenda
• Convening the cancer community
• Running global programmes
On top of the programme, the new UICC Global Village will represent an ideal platform for fellow participants to network and connect.
Don't miss the opportunity to attend the 22nd edition of the UICC World Cancer Congress and participate in a dynamic and vibrant meeting held over 4 days.
The Preliminary Programme is now available. See the 4 tracks and the various sessions HERE.
Download the document HERE.
Plenary lectures
Nine international experts in fields relevant to cancer control will be presenting a series of plenary lectures. The aim of the congress programme is to ensure that the knowledge gained from cancer research is efficiently and effectively used for those in need. Plenaries will cover advances in, and fresh perspectives, on prevention, treatment, care and survivorship, palliation and pain control, and innovative delivery systems. Among other topics, they will include reporting on recent progress on the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, a review of what is preventable and how, and focus on progress and challenges in our work to ensure global access to pain relief. In addition, one presentation will be dedicated to the release of a newly commissioned report on some of the big success stories in cancer prevention and the further potential to reduce deaths from cancer worldwide using known interventions.
We are proud to present an outstanding array of plenary speakers for the 2012 Congress, each one of them a leading figure in relation to the four programme tracks.
Sir George Alleyne
Director Emeritus of the PanAmerican Health Organization
Dr Elizabeth Blackburn
Biological researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, and 2009 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology and Medicine
Dr Graham A. Colditz
Associate Director, Cancer Prevention and Control, Siteman Cancer Center, and Washington University in St Louis
HRH Princess Dina Mired
Director General, King Hussein Cancer Foundation
Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell
Executive Director, African Palliative Care Association
Dr Haik Nikogosian
Head of the Convention Secretariat WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Dr Martine Piccart
Professor of Oncology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Director of Medicine at the Jules Bordet Institute
Dr John Seffrin
Chief Executive Officer of the American Cancer Society
Prof Richard Sullivan
Director of the new Kings Health Partners Institute of Cancer Policy & Global Health
CME Credits
The UICC World Cancer Congress programme will submit an application to be endorsed by the Accreditation Council of Oncology in Europe (ACOE) so that participants are eligible for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. Further details will be posted on the website as soon as they are available.
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